How we decorated our pumpkin!!

We finally decorated a pumpkin today, I know, it is super late but we did it. Rather than carving the pumpkin, while I was looking through my Halloween stash, I found this little kit.

It has the pieces that you just stick into the pumpkin. Kind of like a Mr. Potato head, I guess you could call it a Mr.Pumpkin Head, haha.

Three different sets were in this one box, and we only had one big pumpkin so We made a three faced Mr. Pumpkin head!!

                                   Yes, all of those faces are on the same pumpkin.
The kids had a blast, and so did I. I really loved not having to clean up all of that pumpkin mush!! Since my children are still young, they did not mind not actually carving it, but I am sure sometime in the near future we will have to start actually carving them.

I incorporated this activity into our homeschool. We are doing a unit study on pumpkins right now, and this was the perfect hands on activity that everyone could get involved in.

I am linking to these great sites:
Feature Yourself Friday
Flaunt it Friday

Halloween Brew: Black Eye Punch !!

I have reviewed mypunchbowl.com before. It is a great party planning site that has some amazing features. They are offering over 20 free Halloween invitation templates. They also wanted to share this Halloween punch recipe to help make your party a little more spooky.

Black Eye punch is a terrific and frightful beverage to serve at your Halloween party.

To concoct this wicked brew you’ll need to combine:

2 cups of sugar

3 quarts of water with

1 13 ounce envelope of unsweetened grape soft drink mix

1 13 ounce envelope of unsweetened orange soft drink mix

Stir until all of the ingredients are completely dissolved.

Right before serving, add in 1 liter of ginger ale and several pieces of eyeball candy to float on top of the punch.


Do you have any scary recipes that would be great for Halloween, if so share them in the comment section.

Halloween Costumes??

Are you looking for the perfect Halloween costume? Below are a couple of articles with some really cute "do-it-yourself" costume ideas.

Do-it-yourself Halloween Costumes.


5 Homemade Halloween Costumes. (I love the little lamb and the fish.)

Do you have some creative "do-it-yourself" Halloween costume ideas? Please share them in the comments section.

Photo source: plushoff